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Gum for My Boat

Meet the young members of the Bangladesh Surf Club, an oxymoron in a country with plenty of beach, but a conservative Islamic culture that frowns on swimming. (Telegraph21)

Gum for My Boat

A freak accident left paddleboarder Jeff Denholm with a prosthetic arm, but that didn't stop him from competing in a 32-mile race for the sport's unofficial world championship.

Abby Sunderland's Quest

A 16-year-old California girl sets out to complete a solo nonstop sailing trip around the world ... and to break her brother's record. (LAT)

Abby Sunderland's Quest

Holy Cow Jumping!

The sport of Course Landaise, France's answer to bullfighting, combines leaping, spinning and smarter bovines. (Time)

Holy Cow Jumping!

Paying for Petting Time in Japan's Cat Cafes

An Osaka café provides feline lovers with a place to get their kitty fixes. (Time)

Paying for Petting Time in Japan's Cat Cafes

Komodo: Living with the Deadly Dragons

The world's largest and most dangerous lizards live on an Indonesian island where residents -- and tourists -- give them a wide berth. (Time)

Komodo: Living with the Deadly Dragons

Last Roll of Kodachrome

A photographer shoots his final 36 frames of defunct film at the Missouri State Fair, and then drives hundreds of miles to see what develops. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Last Roll of Kodachrome

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

The actor best known as George Costanza's father makes a surprise stop at his 'sitcom home' in Queens ... and meets the couple living there. (NY Daily News)

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

Now that most of the advertising art on buildings is made of cheaper, easier to install vinyl sheets, wall-painting artists have become a rare breed.

Worth its Weight in Dimes

A vintage scale that has stood in front of a Los Angeles store for 30 years has a personality of its own. (LAT)

Worth its Weight in Dimes

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Although much has been done to rebuild New Orleans after its 2005 disaster, BP's Gulf oil spill presents yet another obstacle to the region's revival. (USA Today)

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Perfume: Step into the Ultimate World of Luxury

A fragrance expert reveals why the rare ingredient 'oud' is so prized in the Middle East -- and why it's heading to a perfume counter near you. (The Guardian)

Perfume: Step into the Ultimate World of Luxury

Teenage Opera Sensation

Recent Maryland high school grad Joey Baker has one of the most promising baritone singing voices in the country. (WP)

Teenage Opera Sensation

Seventy years after being sent to an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Bessie Kawachi Chin, 87, receives an honorary college degree. (SJMN)

Seniors Share Their Stories, Hopes and Dreams

As they graduate, 26 students from five high schools reflect upon their parents' influences, career goals, and future lives. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Seniors Share Their Stories, Hopes and Dreams

Reacting to Climate Change

Local heroes throughout south Asia emerge to combat the effects of global warming. (China Daily)

Reacting to Climate Change

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Although much has been done to rebuild New Orleans after its 2005 disaster, BP's Gulf oil spill presents yet another obstacle to the region's revival. (USA Today)

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Worried residents of a small Louisiana fishing community face an uncertain future. The Deepwater Horizon disaster destroyed their environment, their livelihoods, and, for some, their families. (UNC)

Extreme Couponers Get Groceries for (Almost) Free

Her framing business subsided, so Treasure Philips devotes most of her efforts to strategizing how to get big supermarket discounts. (Time)

Extreme Couponers Get Groceries for (Almost) Free

Obsessives: Soda Pop

John Nese is the Willy Wonka of carbonation. His L.A. specialty store offers more than 500 types of fizzy beverages -- but no Pepsi. (Chow.com)

Obsessives: Soda Pop

The Fish That Could Feed Haiti

Fish farming seems like a natural enterprise for this island nation, but it took a hard-working consultant from Ivory Coast to make it happen. (Time)

The Fish That Could Feed Haiti

The World's Murder Capital

The streets are safer in Baghdad than in Caracas, Venezuela, where the soaring homicide toll is a blemish on the revolutionary government that promised reform. (NYT)

The World's Murder Capital

The Pity of War

A 14-year-old Afghan girl is inadvertently killed by shrapnel from a U.S. mortar strike (Time)

The Pity of War

Reacting to Climate Change

Local heroes throughout south Asia emerge to combat the effects of global warming. (China Daily)

Reacting to Climate Change

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Soldiers' wives struggle to care for their 'minimally conscious' husbands who were severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. (NJ Star-Ledger)

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Project 50: Four Walls and a Bed

Los Angeles County gave 50 hardcore homeless on skid row a place to live with no strings attached. This four-part multimedia series tracks participants over two years. (LAT)

Project 50: Four Walls and a Bed

Worried residents of a small Louisiana fishing community face an uncertain future. The Deepwater Horizon disaster destroyed their environment, their livelihoods, and, for some, their families. (UNC)

The World's Murder Capital

The streets are safer in Baghdad than in Caracas, Venezuela, where the soaring homicide toll is a blemish on the revolutionary government that promised reform. (NYT)

The World's Murder Capital

Heroin Addict Finds Hope

Damon Conrow, 26, believes that the only way to rescue himself from a debilitating drug habit is to spend more time in state prison. (Standard-Examiner)

Heroin Addict Finds Hope

Top Secret America

A two-year investigative project uncovers huge, covert national security buildups in the U.S. since the 9/11 attacks, hidden from public scrutiny. (WP)

Top Secret America

Gum for My Boat

Meet the young members of the Bangladesh Surf Club, an oxymoron in a country with plenty of beach, but a conservative Islamic culture that frowns on swimming. (Telegraph21)

Gum for My Boat

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Although much has been done to rebuild New Orleans after its 2005 disaster, BP's Gulf oil spill presents yet another obstacle to the region's revival. (USA Today)

5 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina

Perfume: Step into the Ultimate World of Luxury

A fragrance expert reveals why the rare ingredient 'oud' is so prized in the Middle East -- and why it's heading to a perfume counter near you. (The Guardian)

Perfume: Step into the Ultimate World of Luxury

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling

Ken Kobre's groundbreaking new textbook teaches students and professionals how to shoot, edit and produce high-quality videojournalism stories. (Focal Press)

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling

Last Roll of Kodachrome

A photographer shoots his final 36 frames of defunct film at the Missouri State Fair, and then drives hundreds of miles to see what develops. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Last Roll of Kodachrome

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

The actor best known as George Costanza's father makes a surprise stop at his 'sitcom home' in Queens ... and meets the couple living there. (NY Daily News)

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

Top Secret America

A two-year investigative project uncovers huge, covert national security buildups in the U.S. since the 9/11 attacks, hidden from public scrutiny. (WP)

Top Secret America

Unsettled Legacy of MOVE

A comprehensive 25th-anniversary look back at a devastating day in Philadelphia's history, when police bombed a row house. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Unsettled Legacy of MOVE

Tainted Tap Water

Residents near downtown L.A. are afraid to drink their brown tap water, which contains harmful levels of dangerous chemicals. By antiquated Federal standards, it's considered safe. (NYT)

Tainted Tap Water

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

The actor best known as George Costanza's father makes a surprise stop at his 'sitcom home' in Queens ... and meets the couple living there. (NY Daily News)

Seinfeld's Jerry Stiller Visits Astoria

Reacting to Climate Change

Local heroes throughout south Asia emerge to combat the effects of global warming. (China Daily)

Reacting to Climate Change

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Soldiers' wives struggle to care for their 'minimally conscious' husbands who were severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. (NJ Star-Ledger)

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Twenty years after providing blood samples for diabetes research, the Havasupai tribe got them back -- after charges of medical fraud and a prolonged lawsuit. (NYT)

Toxic Time Bomb

An investigative report reveals that a sewage treatment center on Long Island may be on the verge of disaster. (Long Island Press)

Toxic Time Bomb

The world's oceans are being poisoned by carbon dioxide at an alarming rate and scientists are only beginning to realize it. (Natural Resources Defense Council)

Gum for My Boat

Meet the young members of the Bangladesh Surf Club, an oxymoron in a country with plenty of beach, but a conservative Islamic culture that frowns on swimming. (Telegraph21)

Gum for My Boat

The Art of the Foul Ball

Here's the story behind the 32 baseball fans who caught a foul ball in the stands during one Tigers vs. Blue Jays game. (Detroit Free Press)

The Art of the Foul Ball

A series of 60-second videos celebrate city sights and sounds, from a night of bikeracing to a day at the beach to practicing Parkour. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Toxic Time Bomb

An investigative report reveals that a sewage treatment center on Long Island may be on the verge of disaster. (Long Island Press)

Toxic Time Bomb

Roping the Wind

Rural Texas farmer Cliff Etheredge saw an opportunity to cash in on a crop of the future that revived his dying town: wind power.

Roping the Wind

An amusing analysis of a hot new internet fad that randomly connects strangers via webcam. (Warning: Not recommended for kids!)

Pullman Porter and Family Patriarch

Working for Union Pacific Railroad for 38 years enabled Lee Wesley Gibson, now 100, to create his most cherished legacy -- his progeny. (LAT)

Pullman Porter and Family Patriarch

Johnnie Footman: NYC's 90-Year-Old Cabbie

Meet a taxi driver who's been swerving through Manhattan traffic for over 60 years. (MediaStorm)

Johnnie Footman: NYC's 90-Year-Old Cabbie

Not Ready to Land

Octogenarian pilot Dick Padgett has spent most of his life in the air. (Eddie Adams Workshop)

Not Ready to Land

Vacationing in Afghanistan

Two filmmakers travel through stunning landscapes to show a side of this war-torn country rarely seen by westerners.

Vacationing in Afghanistan

Abby Sunderland's Quest

A 16-year-old California girl sets out to complete a solo nonstop sailing trip around the world ... and to break her brother's record. (LAT)

Abby Sunderland's Quest

Living Galapagos

Student-produced collection of multimedia stories explores the balance between man and nature in the Galapagos Islands. (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Living Galapagos

The Pity of War

A 14-year-old Afghan girl is inadvertently killed by shrapnel from a U.S. mortar strike (Time)

The Pity of War

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Soldiers' wives struggle to care for their 'minimally conscious' husbands who were severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. (NJ Star-Ledger)

Military Families Cope with Traumatic Brain Injury

Seventy years after being sent to an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, Bessie Kawachi Chin, 87, receives an honorary college degree. (SJMN)